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Paul’s epistle to the Romans is often seen as a difficult text to understand. Some of that difficulty is the result of context and culture, so Morgan helps the modern reader understand what Paul intended his original audience to understand. The religious language of the epistle, its impact on first-century Christians in Rome, and its use of scripture and tradition are all clearly discussed here.

official letters—are more rooted in a particular context than most literature. Historical questions are important here because Romans was written to and from a specific situation before it was Christian Scripture. It has not ceased to be a letter even though the original recipients and the author are long dead and it has been given a new context and new functions. We want to know what writers of letters were wanting to say and are uneasy about importing meanings which the author could never have
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